Door handle



- doors or for any .closure member which- Patented June`21i1927f l UNITED sTATEs lt' 1,633,177 Y BERTRAM if.` GOLIJSHITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO PERFECT 'WINDOW REGULATOR CORPORATION, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW

YORK, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

Application led July 25,

Myinvention has for its object the pro- -ductionv of a vhandle .for vehicle or other shall be of simple construction and easily and cheaply manufactured.

A further object of the invention is the production of a handle of the character specified which shall be .madeof sheet metal so formed or shaped as to produce a walled structure having an open side, thiswalled structure receiving a filler member on to which the free and continuous edge of the wall is bent-to hold the filler member in position. p

Further objects of the invention willV appear from the accompanying description, the invention consisting in the novel handle hereinafter described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a. practical embodiment of the invention:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a door showing my improved handle'applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a section taken through the handle showing one stage in its manufacture.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on theline 4-4 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the handle after its completion.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the handle.

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section on the line 6 6 of Fig'. 4.

Referring to the several figures of the drawing:

1 indicates the base of the outer shell of the handle which is formed of sheet metal and 2 lindicates an upstanding continuous four sided wall which is integral with said base whereby a rectangular-shaped hollow sheet metal structure having 'an open side is produced. 3 indicates 'a hollow squaredV bearing which is also integral with the base 1 and which extends outwardly therefrom. Said bearing 3 is adapted to receive a squared shaft or shank 4 therein, said shaft being provided with a head 5 whereby outward withdrawal of said shaft from said bearing is prevented. The shaft 4 is adapted to be connected in any manner with any suitable latch or bolt (not shown) so that when the handle is manually rotated the latch or bolt will be actuated.

For reinforcing the walls of the handle DOOR HANDLE.

1924. serial No. 728,683.

and for the purpose of enhancing the appearance of the device I have provided a filler member 6 of a size permitting it to be snugly received within the walled structure described. The filler member is preferably formed of va substance which is relatively light and strong and may with satisfaction be formed of hard black rubber. Said filler member 6 is provided with a recess 7 extending completely around the edge of the four sides thereof. For clamping or holding said filler member in position I'preferably bend the edges 8 of the four sides of the upstanding continuous wall 2 downwardly at right angles to the wall 2 and into the re-v cess 7 as indicated at 8 in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 whereby said bent edges will lie in the same plane as the upper surface of the filler member. By .using black hard rubber as the filler instead for instance, cement, lightnessn in weight of the handle is secured while at the same time a firm support for the walls is provided. The parts also may be easily assembled and the linished handle has an ornamental appearance as the color of the `rubber contrasts sharply with that of the metal.

By `the construction described I have produced a handle which may be very inexpensively manufactured and which is neat in appearance. It will be noted also that the bent portions of the sheet metal are rounded whereby all sharp corners are eliminated.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A. rectangularly-shaped sheet metal handle having an open side, a filler member comprising a removable and separately molded and hardened block in said handle and held in position therein by a portion of said handle bent over into engagement therewith and means associated with said handle for receiving a connecting'member.

2. A sheet metal handle comprising a base and a four-sided wall integral therewith, a hollow squared bearing also integral with said base, a squared shaft held within said bearing and provided with a head adapted to prevent said shaft from being withdrawn ber comprising a removable and separately said handle for receiving a connecting mem-- molded hardened block of rubber snugly reber. ceived within said wall and held n-position Signed at New York in the eounty of 1 by bending over the free edge of said wall New York and State of New York this 24th on to said filler member whereby a substanday of July, A. D. 1924.

tial part of a surface of said filler member is exposed to View and means associated with BERTRAM J. GOLDSMITH. 

